- Google for Education - http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/
- This blog offers ideas for integrating Google's educational platforms and apps into the classroom. Most blog posts are published by Google certified educators, programmers and designers. There are also offerings from a variety of school districts and educational organizations.
- The blog includes resources for Google's newest additions and updates to Google classroom and its connected community of tech savvy teachers. Resources and blog posts range from the importance of Computer Sciences in curriculum, to using coding to teach digital literacy skills. If you teach within the Google Classroom platform, this blog is essential to being up to date on app development and teaching ideas.
- Although most posts are directly from within Google, feedback and comments span through a vast professional collection of educators, administrators and community.
- Rating: 2.5 (more outside resources are needed in order for the resource rating to grow)
- ISTE Connects Blog - http://www.iste.org/explore/categorylist?id=7
- This blog offers at a glance updates on ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education), teaching tools and ideas, flipped classroom curriculum and activities, coverage from current educational speakers and conferences.
- The blog includes resources for how to authentically integrate new technology into the classroom. Most posts provide additional articles and resources to continue learning on a given tech or teaching topic. Post tags range from STEM and PBL to Professional Learning and ISTE standards. The blog hosts a variety of professional teachers and researchers as their authors.The ISTE blog also provides an opportunity to connect to a variety of other education related communities and groups.
- Rating: 3.0
- Literacy Daily Blog (International Literacy Association) - http://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog
- This blog is part of the larger ILA (International Literacy Association) community. The focus of this blog is literacy based on the contributions of educators, authors, administrators and researchers.
- Categories for the blog span across the list of ILA news and events, Digital Literacy, Children's Literature, Literacy Research and the Engaging Classroom. The reader can expect to find articles from renowned authors and literacy researchers. The options to share ILA posts with a larger professional community is made easy through their social media options. Another benefit is the coverage ILA bloggers share from recent ILA conferences, where new learning around literacy is presented.
- Rating: 3.5